Personal protective equipment procedures

Chemical safety is inherently linked to other safety issues including laboratory procedures, personal protectives, equipment, electrical safety, and hazardous waste disposal. 

Chemical safety is inherently linked to other safety issues, including laboratory procedures, personal protective equipment, electrical safety, fire safety, and hazardous waste disposal. Specific chemical substances, uses, and possible health effects are discussed in different chapters of this book. The responsibility of workers as well... 

General laboratory rules and procedures Personal protection equipment requirements Spill and accident procedures Chemical storage rules and procedures Safety equipment requirements and inspection procedures Employee safety training requirements Exposure and medical evaluation processes Emergency evacuation plan... 

Emergency recognition and prevention Safe distances Places of refuge Evacuation routes Site security and control Decontamination procedures Emergency medical treatment and first aid Emergency alerting and response procedures Personal protective equipment (PPE)... 

Chemical, infectious, radioactive waste procedures Personal protective equipment usage and care Publication of safety manuals... 

Appropriate action to prevent injuries from peroxides in ethers depends on knowledge about formation, detection, and removal of peroxides, adequate labeling and inventory procedures, personal protective equipment, suitable disposal methods, and knowledge about formation, detection, and removal of peroxides. 

A directive stating minimum safeguarding requirements, procedures, personal protective equipment, and behavior for work activities to avoid injury and damage. 

Personal protective equipment falls at the bottom of the list of priorities for controlling hazards. It is in the same priority class with procedures. Actually, its use is a procedure. Personal protective equipment is low in the priority list because it does not remove hazards. Personal protective equipment is low in the priority list because it requires user behavior. To be useful, PPE must be in place when needed. 

When considering skin protection, it is helpful to have a framework in mind of a protective hierarch/ substitution, automation, mechanisation, enclosure, segregation, systems of work, handling procedures, personal protective equipment and skin-care products. The earlier in the list, the more reliable is that preventive strategy likely to be. 

Workplace precautions, for example a guard on a dangerous part of machinery, sprinkler systems within a building, safe systems of work (procedures), personal protective equipment (PPE), safety signs. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (OSHAs) Laboratory Standard requires laboratory employers to develop and implement a chemical hygiene plan (CHP). This plan must (1) set forth procedures, personal protective equipment (PPE), safety equipment, and safe work practices that will protect laboratory workers from the health hazards presented by hazardous chemicals used in the laboratory and (2) keep exposures below the OSHA permissible exposure limits (PELs). 

Emergency response On-site communications Emergency shutdown equipment and procedures Site evacuation Safe havens Personal protective equipment Medical treatment On-site emergency plans, procedures, training, aud drills... 

Use personal protective equipment Provide sufficient bottled air/SCBA Develop emergency response procedures Develop appropriate evacuation plans... 

Sampling spills. Wear proper personal protective equipment (PPE) Follow proper sampling procedures Use safe sampling design CCPS G-22 CCPS G-23 CCPS G-29 Lovelace 1979... 

Material solidifies Monitor and control temperature in feed system or is too viscous, Heat trace and/or insulate lines and plugs lines. Potential for proper line break procedures exposure while Use personal protective equipment (PPE) correcting, proper lockout-tagout and confined space problem. entry procedures CCPS G-23 CCPS G-29 Fisher 1990... 

Figure 5.3 COSHH assessment procedure PPE = Personal Protective Equipment RPE = Respiratory Protective Equipment...

Total enclosure may be in the form of a room with grilles to facilitate air flow this functions as a hood and operates under a slight negative pressure with controls located externally. Entry is restricted and usually entails use of comprehensive personal protective equipment. Ancillary requirements may include air filters/scmbbers, atmospheric monitoring, decontamination procedures and a permit-to-work system (see page 417). 

Ensure CTU doors are properly secured Learn emergency procedures Ensure availability of appropriate personal protective equipment as advised in transport documentation, and suitable fire extinguisher Check sides and ends of CTU are placarded appropriately... 

Health Hazards Information - Information included are recommended personal protective equipment for hazard materials handling specialist, typical symptoms following exposure to the chemical, general first aid treatment procedures, and various toxicological information including toxicity by ingestion, inhalation and short term exposures. Additional information included are the liquid or solid irritant characteristics and odor threshold data. 

The sttuidard requires the prepmer of the MSDS to list atiy gcticrally applicable cotitrol tncasures. These include engineering controls, safe handling procedures, and personal protective equipment. Infonnation is often included on the use of goggles, gloves, body suits, respirators, and face shields. 

Low temperature The atmospheric boiling points for N2, C02, He, and Ar are -196, -79, -269, and -186°C, respectively. The potential for cryogenic burns must be addressed in operating and maintenance procedures and in specifying personal protective equipment requirements. 

Decontamination/cleanup workers working in environments known to be contaminated with Bacillus anthracis spores may be at risk for inhalational anthrax. These workers should wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and follow appropriate procedures, as outlined in other CDC Guidance documents. 

Any procedures they may need to follow to respond to or otherwise protect themselves in response to an emergency such training should include the use of any personal protective equipment, special tools, or equipment required for these actions. 

Develop and implement a plan of action, including safety considerations, consistent with Standard Operating Procedures and within the capability of the available personnel, personal protective equipment, and control equipment. 

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